The United States Metric Board (USMB) was a

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agency set up to encourage

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. The United States Metric Board was commissioned by the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205d, enacted on December 23, 1975). The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 mandated the presidential appointment of seventeen members for the "independent instrumentality". The board was composed of one member from the following agencies and/or related communities:

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s, the National Association of Manufacturers, the

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, National Governors Conference,

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, two members each from the

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and small business, and four at-large members "to represent consumers", for a total of seventeen members in all. The metrification assessment board existed from 1975 to 1982, ending when President

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abolished it, largely on the suggestion of

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and Lyn Nofziger.

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* 1975 establishments in the United States 1982 disestablishments in the United States Metric Board Metrication in the United States {{US-gov-stub

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